Kannur Murder

Five members of a family, including three children, were found dead at their residence at Cherupuzha in Kerala's Kannur district this morning, police said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday expressed shock over the recent murder of two persons in Kannur allegedly by a drug mafia gang.

An RSS activist, accused in the recent murder of a ruling CPI(M) worker, was found hiding in the locked house of a non-resident Keralite (NRK), located near Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's residence in Kannur

Four workers of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS have been arrested in connection to the murder of a CPM worker in Kerala's Kannur. Investigation indicated that political rivalry is the reason behind the murder.

Kerala Congress unit chief K Sudhakaran condemned the murder of a CPI(M) worker in Thalassery in Kannur district on Monday and said police is responsible for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

A 27-year-old man, believed to be a paramour of a woman accused of murdering her one-and-a-half-year-old son, was arrested on Thursday, police said.

While a division bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday ruled out the need for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the brutal murder of a Youth Congress worker, Shuhaib, in Kannur last year, the victim's father and the Congress party has said they will approach the Supreme Court against the order.

Kerala Governor P Sathasivam on Wednesday sought an Action Taken Report from the state government in the aftermath of the twin murders in north Kerala and the subsequent violence on May 7.

Congress lawmaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan today carried a tear gas shell into the Kerala assembly, triggering anxiety and commotion in the house. Mr Radhakrishnan, a former home minister, said the shell was among those fired by the police last month at a crowd protesting the murder of Youth Congress worker Shuhaib.

Youth Congress workers clashed with police in Thiruvananthapuram. Police had to fire tear gas shells and lathi charge outside the secretariat just hours after state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan refused a CBI probe into the political murder of Youth Congress activist Shuhaib, in Kannur on Feb 12.

Two pro-CPM activists have been arrested for their alleged role in the murder of a Youth Congress leader on February 12. NDTV has learnt from police sources that one of the two arrested was also an accused in the murder case of Vineesh, an RSS activist, in September 2016. Chief Minister of Kerala said on social media, an "impartial probe" is on.

A 30-year-old Youth Congress leader was murdered last night in Kerala's Kannur district. Police said a group of men allegedly first threw a country-made bomb, and then attacked the man with sharp weapons. Two other Youth Congress workers have been injured in the attack.

In response to a petition to investigate the murders of the workers of BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the CBI has told the Kerala High Court that it has no objection to taking over the cases. The court has asked the state government to file its counter affidavit by October 25 and the case will be heard on October 30.

An activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, was dragged out of his vehicle and beaten up with iron rods near Kerala's Kannur today. The assault came at a time the BJP is in the middle of a 15-day foot-march in the state to highlight what it calls the "murder politics" of the ruling CPM. The police say initial inve...

At least five CPM workers and four police personnel were injured when a procession of the Left party workers was attacked with country bombs in Kannur district in Kerala.

Five members of a family, including three children, were found dead at their residence at Cherupuzha in Kerala's Kannur district this morning, police said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday expressed shock over the recent murder of two persons in Kannur allegedly by a drug mafia gang.

An RSS activist, accused in the recent murder of a ruling CPI(M) worker, was found hiding in the locked house of a non-resident Keralite (NRK), located near Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's residence in Kannur

Four workers of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS have been arrested in connection to the murder of a CPM worker in Kerala's Kannur. Investigation indicated that political rivalry is the reason behind the murder.

Kerala Congress unit chief K Sudhakaran condemned the murder of a CPI(M) worker in Thalassery in Kannur district on Monday and said police is responsible for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

A 27-year-old man, believed to be a paramour of a woman accused of murdering her one-and-a-half-year-old son, was arrested on Thursday, police said.

While a division bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday ruled out the need for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the brutal murder of a Youth Congress worker, Shuhaib, in Kannur last year, the victim's father and the Congress party has said they will approach the Supreme Court against the order.

Kerala Governor P Sathasivam on Wednesday sought an Action Taken Report from the state government in the aftermath of the twin murders in north Kerala and the subsequent violence on May 7.

Congress lawmaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan today carried a tear gas shell into the Kerala assembly, triggering anxiety and commotion in the house. Mr Radhakrishnan, a former home minister, said the shell was among those fired by the police last month at a crowd protesting the murder of Youth Congress worker Shuhaib.

Youth Congress workers clashed with police in Thiruvananthapuram. Police had to fire tear gas shells and lathi charge outside the secretariat just hours after state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan refused a CBI probe into the political murder of Youth Congress activist Shuhaib, in Kannur on Feb 12.

Two pro-CPM activists have been arrested for their alleged role in the murder of a Youth Congress leader on February 12. NDTV has learnt from police sources that one of the two arrested was also an accused in the murder case of Vineesh, an RSS activist, in September 2016. Chief Minister of Kerala said on social media, an "impartial probe" is on.

A 30-year-old Youth Congress leader was murdered last night in Kerala's Kannur district. Police said a group of men allegedly first threw a country-made bomb, and then attacked the man with sharp weapons. Two other Youth Congress workers have been injured in the attack.

In response to a petition to investigate the murders of the workers of BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the CBI has told the Kerala High Court that it has no objection to taking over the cases. The court has asked the state government to file its counter affidavit by October 25 and the case will be heard on October 30.

An activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, was dragged out of his vehicle and beaten up with iron rods near Kerala's Kannur today. The assault came at a time the BJP is in the middle of a 15-day foot-march in the state to highlight what it calls the "murder politics" of the ruling CPM. The police say initial inve...

At least five CPM workers and four police personnel were injured when a procession of the Left party workers was attacked with country bombs in Kannur district in Kerala.